ADMISSIONS - Key Persons


Abby Sherrill

Job Titles:
  • Fabrication Lab Supervisor

Adelia A.F. Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Alexander Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Ali Shakir

Job Titles:
  • Human Anatomy Instructor

Alicia Smith-Tran

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology

Alonso Avila

Job Titles:
  • Outreach and Student Success Librarian, Reference and Instruction

Amanda Zadorian

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Amy Berg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Andrea McAlister

Job Titles:
  • Division Director
  • Administrative Assistant Jeanne Rosecrans

Andrew (Drew) Wilburn

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Classics

Andrew Bell

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Ann Cooper Albright

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Dance

Ann Sherif

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Japanese

Anthony Pernell-McGee

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Career Exploration and Development

Awilda Dower

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Office Coordinator

Ayuka Suemasa

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Japanese

Azariah S. Root

Job Titles:
  • Director of Libraries & Professor of English and Book Studies, Administration

Barbara Prior

Job Titles:
  • Head, Art Library

Bonnie Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies

Bosworth Hall


Brittany Workman

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Division Director
  • Division Director Alexa Still Administrative Assistant
  • Division Director Sibbi Bernhardsson Administrative Assistant
  • Division Director Timothy Weiss Administrative Assistant

Bryan Terrazas

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Physics

Cameron Chan

Job Titles:
  • Desk Supervisor / Stacks Manager, Circulation

Carmen (Patty) Tovar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer

Carmen Twillie Ambar - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • President
  • President of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee
President Carmen Twillie Ambar celebrates the work and service of faculty and staff and recognizes those who have served Oberlin College and Conservatory for the milestones of 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 years.

Carol Tufts

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English

Caroline Wood Newhall

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Cecilia Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Electronic and Continuing Resources Assistant, Discovery and Metadata Services

Charlene Drew Jarvis

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee

Charles McGuire

Job Titles:
  • Division Director
  • Administrative Assistant Jeanne Rosecrans

Chesley Maddox-Dorsey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • AA Chair
  • Board Vice Chair Chair, Advancement & Alumni Affairs
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Vice Chair of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Chris Canavan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • BOT Chair Ex Officio
  • Chairman of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Chris Trinacty

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Classics

Christine S. Wu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychology

Chuck Birenbaum

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Claire Solomon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature

Clarence Ward Art

Job Titles:
  • Library

Cortney Smith

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication

Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman


Cynthia Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Cynthia Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Dale Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Dan Stinebring

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor of Physics

Dan Styer

Job Titles:
  • John & Marianne Schiffer Professor of Physics

Danielle Abdon

Job Titles:
  • Named Director of Fellowships and Awards
  • Oberlin College As the Director
The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to announce that Danielle Abdon has joined Oberlin College as the director of fellowships and awards. Prior to joining Oberlin, she led the fellowships office at Rollins College, where she increased the average number of Fulbright applicants by 70 percent, reaching a record number of semi-finalists in the 2022-23 application cycle.

Danielle Skeehan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English and Comparative American Studies

David Bugher - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Technical Director

David Krischer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Capital Planning Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman of Budget & Finance Committee

David Shipley

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Dominic Toscano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Chinese

Don Graves

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Employer and Alumni Engagement

Dorothy Auble

Job Titles:
  • Biology and Neuroscience Resource Coordinator

Eboni A. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • STEM Librarian and Head, Science Library / Science Library

Ed Helms

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Ed Vermue

Job Titles:
  • Special Collections & Preservation Librarian

Elizabeth Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research and Instruction, Reference and Instruction

Elizabeth Wilmer

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Ellen Wurtzel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of History

Emerson Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Librarian for Special Collections, Conservatory Library

Emilia Bachrach

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Religion and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Emily Barton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Creative Writing

Emily Rebmann

Job Titles:
  • Archivist
  • Associate

Emily Wang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Eric Katzman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Eric Steggall

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director for Theater, Dance, and Opera

Erin Potter

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager, Administration

Francisco Dominguez

Job Titles:
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Fred Haas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Frederick B. Artz

Job Titles:
  • Frederick B. Artz Professor of History

Gavin Tritt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Shansi Program

Gena Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Special Collections & Preservation Assistant, Special Collections & Preservation

Georgia Yuan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman, Student Affairs
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Student Affairs Committee / Student Affairs - Committee Charter

Grace An

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, French and Italian Department

Grace Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Public Services Librarian, Conservatory Library

Gwen Gemmell

Job Titles:
  • Associate, Science Library / Science Library

Hal Sundt

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication

Harrod Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English and Comparative American Studies

Heath Patten

Job Titles:
  • Visual Resources Curator, Visual Resources

Heather Beam

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Jack Calcut

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

James F. Clark

Job Titles:
  • James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics

James Monroe

Job Titles:
  • James Monroe Professor of Politics and of East Asian Studies

Jane Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer / Lab Instructor

Jason Belitsky

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Jason D. Haugen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Anthropology

Jason Stalnaker

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics

Jay Whitacre

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Jazz Studies

Job Titles:
  • Division Director Jay Ashby Administrative Assistant Julie Baker

Jeanne Rosecrans

Job Titles:
  • Division Director Jared Hartt Administrative Assistant
  • Division Director Stephen Hartke Administrative Assistant

Jeffrey (Jeff) Witmer

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Statistics

Jennifer Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Professor of English

Jennifer Schreiner

Job Titles:
  • Resource Sharing and Access Services Supervisor, InterLibrary Loan

Jeremy Benjamin

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Instructor / Lighting Designer

Jess Arnett

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Environmental Studies

Jillian Scudder

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Physics

John C. Reid

Job Titles:
  • John C. Reid Associate Professor of Writing and Communication and English

John Scofield

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics

Joseph Maiville

Job Titles:
  • Daytime Desk Supervisor, Circulation

Joshua Sperling

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies

Julia Christensen

Job Titles:
  • Venturi Art Building 161A

Julie Weir

Job Titles:
  • Reference & Academic Commons Assistant, Reference and Instruction

Justin Younker

Job Titles:
  • Assistant General Counsel

Kari Barclay

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Theater

Katelin Stoltz

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician II

Katherine Thomson-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Philosophy

Kathleen Abromeit

Job Titles:
  • Head, Conservatory Library

Ken Grossi

Job Titles:
  • Archivist, Archives

Kevin Woods

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Kimberlie Fixx

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant

Kipp Colvin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Career Education & Inclusive Excellence

Kiran Mohammadi-Williams

Job Titles:
  • Daytime Circulation Supervisor

Kirk Warren

Job Titles:
  • Lab Technician

KJ Cerankowski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Kristen Welsh

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Kristin Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Manager for Parent & Alumni Engagement Programs

Kyle Farris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director for Career Readiness

Laura Baudot

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences

Laura Carlson-Tarantowski

Job Titles:
  • Scenic Designer and Lecturer in Theater

Laura Truitt

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting & Drawing

Leanne Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman, Compensation

Lee Koonce

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Leila Ben-Nasr

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies

Lewis House


Lillie Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman, Academic Affairs

Lindsey Felice

Job Titles:
  • Discovery & Metadata Services Assistant, Discovery and Metadata Services

Lisa Waller

Job Titles:
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Louisa Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Archival Assistant, Archives

Madison Stamco

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Maggie Brehm

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Economics

Mahmuda Afrin Badhan

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Astronomy

Maia Solovieva

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Marc Blecher

Job Titles:
  • James Monroe Professor of Politics and of East Asian Studies

Maria Baker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Martin Thomson-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Philosophy

Matt Koperdak

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager and Coordinator, Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries, Administration

Matthew Bahar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of History

Matthew Berkman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies

Matthew Lahey - Chief Legal Officer, VP

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Vice President

Matthew Skrzypczyk

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in French

Matthew Wright

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Theater

Maureen Peters

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biology

May Update

Job Titles:
  • President Carmen Twillie Ambar - 2023 Service Awards Honorees

Md Rumi Shammin

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Environmental Studies

Meredith Shea

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Michael Kamarck

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Chairman, Capital Planning

Michael McFarlin

Job Titles:
  • Head of Library Technology & Systems, Collections and Resource Services

Michael Palazzolo

Job Titles:
  • Reserves & Media Manager, Reserves

Michaela Brown

Job Titles:
  • 3 - 2 Engineering Program Director

Mickayla Furcron

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Mike Telin

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Teacher of Music Journalism

Millie Velazquez

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal & Executive Assistant

Molly Raphael

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Vice Chair

Monica Blatnik

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biology

Motoko Deane

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Nancy Darling

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychology

Natalie Gutiérrez-Negrón

Job Titles:
  • Collection Management and Evening Circulation Supervisor, Conservatory Library

Natasha Tessone

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English

Nicholas Bujalski

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies

Noel Warford

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Obie ID

The Obie ID is the first part of the student's email address: obieid@oberlin.edu. You may look up the student's Obie ID in the campus directory.

Pallavi Wakharkar

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Pam Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Foundation, Government & Corporate Grants

Pamela (Pam) Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Jane and Eric Nord Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Pat Sturges

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Patricia Shanks - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Vice Chair of Budget & Finance Committee

Patrick Simen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Patty Rush

Job Titles:
  • Preparations Assistant, Discovery & Metadata Services

Paul Brehm

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies

Paul Heyde

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Collections & Resource Services, Administration

Peters Hall

Peters Hall is one of the stately academic buildings that faces Wilder Bowl.

Phoenix Crane

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Polly Bratton

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Preston Crowder

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Qiao Yu

Job Titles:
  • Chinese Teaching Fellow

Rebecca Belford

Job Titles:
  • Head of Technical Services, Conservatory Library

Rebecca Totton

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychology

Rian Brown-Orso

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cinema Studies

Richard Wood

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Manager
  • Lecturer

Rishad Choudhury

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of History

Robert S. Danforth

Job Titles:
  • Robert S. Danforth Associate Professor of Religion

Robin Black

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Ron Cheung

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics

Rudabeh Shahid

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Sam Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Sam Taggart

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Samantha Davis

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assist. Professor of Africana Studies and Politics

Samantha Rohner

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director for Career Readiness

Sara Hasley

Job Titles:
  • Discovery & Metadata Services Assistant, Discovery and Metadata Services

Sara Verosky

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Sarah Wilker

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics

Sean Gavin

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Investment Committee
  • Vice Chair
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman, Investment
  • Investment Chair

Selina Wang

Job Titles:
  • Head of Acquisitions, Gifts, E - Resources & Serials, Acquisitions, Gifts, E - Resources & Serials

Shana Cui

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Sharon Vogel

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician III

Shuming Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Stephen Checkoway

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Steve Crowley

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Politics

Steve Dolcemaschio

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Steve Smolinski

Job Titles:
  • Temporary Fabrication Lab Supervisor

Stevenson Hall


Susan Jane Colley

Job Titles:
  • Andrew & Pauline Delaney Professor of Mathematics

Suzanne Barber

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Talise Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Dance

Taylor Allen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Biology

Ted Brandt

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( CPC Rep. )
  • Chairman of Budget & Finance Committee

Timothy Keller

Job Titles:
  • Head of Discovery & Metadata Services, Discovery and Metadata Services

Timothy LeFebvre

Job Titles:
  • Division Director
  • Administrative Assistant Brittany Workman

Tracy Sutherland

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Head of Public Services, Administration

Tracy Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Travis Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Twila Colley

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Veljko Vujacic

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Sociology

Victoria Broadus

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Wilder Hall

Job Titles:
  • Student Union ), 209B
  • Student Union ), Basement
  • Student Union ), Room 105
  • Student Union ), Room 208
  • Student Union ), Room 210
  • Student Union ), Room 212 ( Lounge )
  • Student Union ), Room 315

Yoshiko Tsompanos

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director for the Business, Consulting, and Finance Career Community

Yu-chi Chang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Yveline Alexis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies

Zeb Wimsatt

Job Titles:
  • Collections and User Experience Librarian, Reference and Instruction

Zeinab Abul-Magd

Job Titles:
  • Professor of History